All student learning outcomes come directly from the CEPH accreditation MPH foundational competencies. Through their education in the Master of Public Health, successful students and graduates of the program will:
Competency 1: Communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms and through a variety of media, to diverse audiences.
- Outcome 1.1. Apply negotiation & mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges
- Outcome 1.2. Select communication strategies for different audiences & sectors
- Outcome 1.3. Communicate audience-appropriate (i.e., nonacademic, non-peer audience) public health content, both in writing & through oral presentation
- Outcome 1.4. Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content
- Outcome 1.5. Apply a systems thinking tool to visually represent a public health issue in a format other than standard narrative
Competency 2: Locate, use, evaluate, and synthesize public health information
- Outcome 2.1. Apply epidemiological methods to settings & situations in public health practice
- Outcome 2.2. Analyze quantitative & qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming & software, as appropriate
- Outcome 2.3. Interpret results of data analysis for public health, policy, or practice
- Outcome 2.4. Evaluate policies for their impact on public health & health equity
- Outcome 2.5. Compare the organization, structure & function of health care, public health & regulatory systems across national & international settings
Competency 3: Planning, implementation, and evaluation
- Outcome 3.1. Select quantitative & qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
- Outcome 3.2. Assess population needs, assets & capacities that affect communities’ health
- Outcome 3.3. Apply awareness of cultural values & practices to the design, implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs
- Outcome 3.4. Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention
- Outcome 3.5. Select methods to evaluate public health programs
Competency 4: Advocacy
- Outcome 4.1. Advocate for political, social or economic policies & programs that will improve health in diverse populations
- Outcome 4.2. Integrate perspectives from other sectors and/or professions to promote & advance population health
Competency 5: Leadership and Management
- Outcome 5.1. Explain basic principles & tools of budget & resource management
- Outcome 5.2. Propose strategies to identify stakeholders & build coalitions & partnerships for influencing public health outcomes
- Outcome 5.3. Apply leadership and/or management principles to address a relevant issue
Competency 6: Ethics and Professionalism
- Outcome 6.1. Discuss policy-making process, including the roles of ethics & evidence
- Outcome 6.2. Discuss the means by which social and socioeconomic inequities undermine health & create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community & systemic levels